éileamh

Irish

Etymology

From éil(igh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlʲu/, [ˈei̯lʲu]

Noun

éileamh m (genitive singular as substantive éilimh, genitive as verbal noun éilithe, nominative plural éilimh)

1. verbal noun of éiligh
2. claim, demand

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of éileamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative éileamh éilimh Vocative a éilimh a éileamha Genitive éilimh éileamh Dative éileamh éilimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éileamh na héilimh Genitive an éilimh na n-éileamh Dative leis an éileamh don éileamh leis na héilimh

As a verbal noun:

Declension of éileamh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative éileamh Vocative a éileamh Genitive éilithe Dative éileamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-éileamh Genitive an éilithe Dative leis an éileamh don éileamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éileamh	n-éileamh	héileamh	t-éileamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éileamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61